Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.252.A-B: Small covered box Boxes Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Small covered box , 2006.170.252.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/189159. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.252.A-B Title Small covered box Other Titles Original Language Title: 唐 褐釉盒 Classification Boxes Work Type box Date 9th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shaanxi province, Tongchuan Period Tang dynasty, 618-907 Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/189159 Physical Descriptions Medium Stoneware with brown glaze Technique Black-brown glaze Dimensions with cover: H. 3.3 x Diam. 5 cm (1 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Kaikodo, New York, October 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.252.A-B Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Small circular box and cover with straight sides, the cover lightly domed; light gray stoneware with dark caramel-brown glaze on the exterior and transparent colorless glaze on the interior; base unglazed. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province. Commentary Compare to: Dark glazed boxes of similar form attributed to the Tang dynasty excavated from the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province. See Tangdai Huangbao yao zhi [The Tang Dynasty Huangpu Kiln Site] (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1992), vol. 2, pl. 45.2. Publication History Kaikodo Journal, Vol. 12 (Autumn 1999), auct. cat., Kaikodo (New York, 1999), no. 54 (far right), pp. 208-209 and 311-313 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
